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Hookworms have potential to protect soldiers from chemical, biological weapons
- celias 5y agoRadioLab did a story and a followup about Parasites https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/91689-parasites https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/91689... https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/91951-an-update-on-hookworms https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/91951... that mentions Jasper Lawrence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Lawrence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Lawrence who is an advocate of helminthic therapy, including infecting people with hookworms to treat autoimmune diseases.
- dane-pgp 5y agoRemember, if you're against mandates to have genetically modified worms injected into everyone's bodies, then you're anti-science.
- totalZero 5y agoI'll take the chemical weapons, thanks.